I absolutely agree. In a work environment where collaboration and communication are needed to reach an end goal, telework sucks. The latency and opportunity for misunderstanding are strong. I've been able to hash out more in an hour over a few pints than in several week over email or chat. Just saying. There's a lot to be said for hearing your peer's ideas and for being able to challenge each other in person. Email totally sucks ass, because it's not a conversation. It's one way.

Not to say that being the office is always awesome either. In an undisciplined office environment, constant interrupts can ruin productivity. If everyone respects each other and trusts them to get the job done then it can be cool.

Ok. If he thinks it sucks then invite him to make it better. Cause you're awesome like that and have so much free time.

Bah. Non-competes are bullshit lawyer scare tactics. It's very difficult to win these cases in court. If HP wants to persue this they're just Trolling for some money from GM because apparently they can keep good employees or make money any other way.

Enthusiast ARM computer? Ha ha.

More seriously though how many folks who are "enthusiasts" upgrade CPU or mobo? I'm thinking they probably dump the pair together for an upgrade if they have that kind of money. So in my mind making the cpu a permanent part of the mobo makes sense and can lower cost as well. Sounds like a win to me.

An earlier post made a good point too. Gold has gotten really frick'n expensive. A SMT solder mount does away with that.

The iPhone 5 will absolutely CRUSH in Q4. Not a hater. I'm one of the GS3's in that Q3 number. I was about to buy the iPhone 5 but then Amazon was selling the GS3 for $99 and got my attention. That was that.

Developers developers developers...

I use FireAMP on my phone, but obviously if you are security conscious keep the bluetooth turned off when in public. And only use WiFi hot spots that you trust.

+1 parent

Yeah, you know they're using Oracle VM. There's no polish for that turd. I wouldn't put anything there that I care about, unless I want to loose my job.

Government? Really? Mmmmm. No.

C'mon. It's $35. Who cares?

"I'm looking for a simple solution to backup"

And USB drives are your idea of simple? Seriously? Please hand the lady your Admin card at the door when you leave.

For 24TB if you wan't to have a job after someone asks you to restore a chunk of that you'll want to insist on tape. Or perhaps a equally sized NAS or SAN array. USB? Hope your resume is up to date.

I think this is a good point. If you let folks do customs skins out of the box then happiness will follow.

Otherwise. *Yawn*. Move along please.

Super. Don't care.

Desktop support staff help with the computers, but they really are there to help the users. Cloud computing won't fix stupid. So I'm calling BS on Gartner and their so called experts. Of course the Pointy Hair Bosses will read that and conclude that they can release their support staff from employment.

Virtualization if properly executed may improve workstation security, and consistency, but more likely the managers will try to cheap-out on it and execute spectacular FAIL because performance will be horrible. Then they end up putting workstations back on everyone's desk and hire support staff.

I think folks get into trouble when trying to compare transistors and tubes from a sound perspective. Electrically tubes are fine and dandy. Each has some advantage, but good circuit design usually overcomes most of the the problems.

With regards to audio amplification folks neglect the importance of the output transformers used in an amplifier. Yes, and some transistorized amplifiers use them too. My point is that the output transformers generally contribute more to the final product that any other part of the amplifier.

Just to make a point, I have a "class D" amplifier that uses output transformers, and replacing the cheap originals with top quality items, things got better in a big way. Tubes are great in preamps, and headphone amps.